diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
index 931b186d2e4869c42ce1a906c6cb04815b533d9a..cf6e1380b527c34d6609968782045ad07a7e82b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6_gre.c
@@ -1133,8 +1133,13 @@ static void ip6gre_tnl_link_config_route(struct ip6_tnl *t, int set_mtu,
 			return;
 
 		if (rt->dst.dev) {
-			dev->needed_headroom = rt->dst.dev->hard_header_len +
-					       t_hlen;
+			unsigned short dst_len = rt->dst.dev->hard_header_len +
+						 t_hlen;
+
+			if (t->dev->header_ops)
+				dev->hard_header_len = dst_len;
+			else
+				dev->needed_headroom = dst_len;
 
 			if (set_mtu) {
 				dev->mtu = rt->dst.dev->mtu - t_hlen;
@@ -1159,7 +1164,12 @@ static int ip6gre_calc_hlen(struct ip6_tnl *tunnel)
 	tunnel->hlen = tunnel->tun_hlen + tunnel->encap_hlen;
 
 	t_hlen = tunnel->hlen + sizeof(struct ipv6hdr);
-	tunnel->dev->needed_headroom = LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen;
+
+	if (tunnel->dev->header_ops)
+		tunnel->dev->hard_header_len = LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen;
+	else
+		tunnel->dev->needed_headroom = LL_MAX_HEADER + t_hlen;
+
 	return t_hlen;
 }